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Microenterprise Technical Assistance

ACCION USA	$50,000
To enable loan applicants to improve their credit scores and financial knowledge; and to help microentrepreneurs to achieve long-term business success and stability.
Central Vermont Community Action Council	$20,000
To provide business training, networking, and counseling to new enrollees through conferences, affinity groups and learning circles.
Maine Centers for Women, Work, and Community	$50,000
To build the capacity of rural entrepreneurs to establish networks and improve their business success by giving them access to technology and technology skills.
Penquis Community Action Program	$30,000
To increase business knowledge and planning skills among microentrepreneurs in midcoast Maine, leading to job creation and increased profitability in the long term.
Solutions Community Development Corporation	$40,000
To help low-income, Latino business owners expand their customer base in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Volunteers of Legal Service, Inc.	$23,750
To provide New York City low-income microentrepreneurs with pro bono legal help related to business law issues.
Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund	$25,000
To conduct a study that develops recommendations for expanding microenterprise technical assistance and financing products, and explores new ways of subsidizing microenterprise activities.
Women's Business Development Center	$40,000
To help Connecticut microenterprises expand and grow with improved technical assistance.

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Workforce Development Capacity Building

Boston Workforce Development Initiative	$50,000
To help unemployed and underemployed Boston residents find quality jobs while also helping employers locate and retain skilled workers. Second installment of a three year, $150,000 grant.

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Workforce Development Innovations / Enhancements

Center for Employment Opportunities	$40,000
To increase employment retention rates and reduce recidivism among former prisoners in New York City.
Fedcap Rehabilitation Services	$40,000
To increase the number of non-English speakers who are eligible for training as home health aides in New York City, thereby increasing the number of applicants and graduates in the health aide training program.
Greyston Foundation	$35,000
To train low-income, out-of-school youth in Yonkers, New York and place them in internships and jobs.
MY TURN, Inc.	$50,000
To provide direct services to needy, out-of-school youth and build the organization's capacity to expand the program in southern New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Community Loan Fund	$60,000
To enable Quality Care Partners to improve its job retention strategy and state programs for home care workers.
Northern New England Tradeswomen	$85,000
With the addition of a deputy director and the help of consultants, to plan for the organization's future growth and extend its influence locally and nationally.
ReCycle North	$25,000
To complete development of YouthBuild program components, including leadership training, mentoring, and alumni relations; and to integrate the YouthBuild vocational training into the Building Reuse Enterprise program in Vermont.
SouthEnd Adults at Cathedral	$25,000
To implement short and long-term strategies to help Boston students attain meaningful employment.
STRIVE Boston Employment Service	$75,000
To reorganize the Hispanic STRIVE program in New England.

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Workforce Development Policy / Advocacy

Maine Development Foundation	$25,000
To produce a workforce development map with policy recommendations that will educate and inform policymakers and the public about the workforce development system in New England.
Massachusetts Workforce Alliance	$40,000
To increase the number of trained staff at education and training organizations in New England and engage them in workforce development advocacy.
The Workforce Alliance	$48,000
To help create statewide alliances focused on expanding training and advancement options for low-income workers in select New England states.

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See 2007 Grants

See 2006 Grants

See 2004 Grants

See 2003 Grants